Andrew Sasson, the thirty-something nightclub entrepreneur of the Light Group Las Vegas, recently unveiled a new mid-rise Las Vegas condominium project called Spa Lofts Las Vegas in the southwest valley. The three-building, 142-unit complex is located at Badura Avenue and Rainbow Boulevard, just south of the Beltway.

While the transition from Las Vegas night club king to high-rise Spa Lofts developer seems unlikely, Sasson is an unlikely success story. The high school drop out from London has a knack for defying the odds. He came to Miami Beach at age 17 on a student visa and he never went back. Starting as a doorman, the brassy Brit worked his way through the ranks to develop a nightclub empire before heading to the Las Vegas nightclub scene.

After cold-calling Bobby Baldwin, the president and CEO of Mirage Resorts Las Vegas, for five years to set up a meeting, the two eventually launched Light Las Vegas Night Club at the Bellagio Las Vegas in 2001. Sasson and partners, Andy Masi and Sean Christie, subsequently formed The Light Group, the firm responsible for FIX, Light Las Vegas Night club and Caramel at Bellagio, JET and STACK at The Mirage and Mist at TI Treasure Island Las Vegas.